Loom.



A. E. RHOADES.

LOOM.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA UG. 29, 1912.

1,089,792. Patented Mar. 10, 1914.

Witnesses. "mentor. %W Alan 0 E. Rhoades,

UNITED @TATES PATENT @FFltQE.

ALONZO E. RHOAIDES, OF HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO DEEPER COM-TPANY, OF HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

weaves.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Ammo E. Rnoaons, residingat Hopedale, county of Worcester, State of lrhissachusetts, haveinvented an Improvement in Looms, of which the following description, inconnection with the ac companying drawii'ig, is a specification, likecharacters on the drawing representing like parts.

In a certain type of loom having what is technically termed a high-rolltake-up the cloth passes directly from the fell to and part way aroundthe take-up or sand roll, which latter is located at a point high up inthe loom frame, substantially opposite the lay, and only a shortdistance therefrom when the lay is at front center. hen such a loom ismade to take a large shuttle the space is very limited between the reedand the temple head, when the lay is nearest the breast-beam, in actualpractice measuring less than the width of the shuttle. As a naturalresult something must be broken if the shuttle is trapped between thereed and the temple, because the intervention of the shuttle between thereed and the temple tends to push the latter forward to an abnormalextent on the beat up, and owing to the limited space the depending heelof the temple strikes and is stopped by the high take-up roll. Thetemple heel is usually made as a rigid part of the temple pod anddepends therefrom, so that if the trapped shuttle pushes the templeforward and the engagement of the rigid heel and the takeup r011prevents such movement. some one or more of the parts involved must besmashed or seriously injured. In my present invention I have providedmeans whereby such damage is obviated, and to this end I have soconstructed the temple that the head thereof may be moved toward thebreast-beam even when the heel engages the sand or take-up roll, if theshuttle is trapped as before mentioned. The change in the constructionof the temple to thus obviate breakage interferes in no way with theusual and normal movement of the temple by cooperation of the lay andthe temple heel on the beat up.

The novel features of my invention will be fully described hereinafterand particularly pointed out in the following claim.

Figure 1 is a transverse sectional detail of a portion of a loom havinga high-roll Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 29, 1912.

;"atented Mar. 10, 1914.

Serial No. 717,698.

takeup, with a temple ei'nbodying one form of my invention, the laybeing shown as substantially at front center and in normal cooperationwith the temple. Fig. 2 is a similar view. but showing the shuttletrapped between the reed and, the temple, the latter having been movedil'orward an. abnormal distance until its heel has contacted with thetake-up roll and has yielded to such eon tact. Fig. 3 is a perspectivedetail of a portion of the temple pod to which the heel is yicldinglyattached. Fig. 4L is a similar view of the heel, detached.

The lay A, reed 13, the breast-beam C, the high take-up or sand roll 1),the temple stand E fixedly moimted on the breast-beam and supporting thereciprocating temple shank F, and the head of the temple, comprisingessentially the pod G and cap H, may be and are all of well knownconstruction in a loom having a high-roll take-up mechanism. ()rdinarilythe heel is a rigid depending extension of a sheli like part 1 of thepod. but in the present embodiment of my invention l make the heel asaseparate piece.

Referring to Fig. at the heel 1. has a lateral head 2 and laterallyseparated eyes 3, provided with alincd apertures l: for a pintle 5.Figs. 1 and 2, and a series of tubular, alined and laterally separatedeyes (3 are formed upon the shelf 1 of the pod and the adjacent part ofthe shank. The eyes 3 on the upper end of the heel are interposedbetween the central and outermost eyes 6, and pivotally connectedtherewith by the pintle 5, the head 2 resting upon the shelf 1, Fig. 1,and maintaining the heel in fixed position relatively to the temple headwhen said heel is engaged by the lay. Said head 2 thus serves as aspecies of stop or dctent to limit swinging movement of the heelfrontward, but obviously said heel can swing rearward, as shown in Fig.2.

In Fig. 1 the normal forward movement of the temple is illustrated, theshuttle being properly boxed, the movement of the temple having beene'llected by engagement of the heel 1 by the lay on the beat up. and itwill be observed that there is ample room between the heel and the rollD. Rcfcrrin g to Fig. 9., however, wherein it is supposed that theshuttle J has been trapped between the reed and the temple head, it willbe obvious that on the beat up the temple has been pushed forward muchnearer the breastbeam than under normal conditions, and had the heel 1been rigid on the temple a smash would have occurred. By my invention,however, the heel, when moved forward under abnormal conditions intoengagement with the roll D, yielded and swung rearward as the templecompleted its abnormal movement toward the breastbeam, the stop 2lifting-slightly, as shown. As soon as the loom is restored to properoperative conditions the first forward beat of the lay will restore theheel of the temple to its normal position relative thereto. Hence theyielding heel makes no difference in the operation or action of thetemple under normal conditions, but prevents injury when damage would.otherwise result from an abnormal forward movement of the temple.

Changes or modifications may be made by those skilled in the art withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of my invention as set forth in theannexed claim.

Having fully described my invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a loom having a lay provided with a reed, and a high take-up rollsubstantially opposite the lay in combination with a temple mounted toreciprocate toward and from the take-up roll, a depending heel connectedwith the temple and in the path of the lay to effect normal movement ofthe temple upon the beat up, and means to render said heel rigid andimmovable relatively to the temple when said heel is struck by the layand while the latter remains in engagement with the heel and permittingthe heel to move rearward when engaged by the take up roll on abnormalforward movement of the temple during the trapping of the shuttlebetween the reed and temple.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALONZO E. RHOADES.

Witnesses JOSEPH L. REMINGTON, Jr., FRANK J. BUTCHER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Smnmissioner of latents. Washington, D. G.

